Reviews
Tempos Futuros
Like long-time partner in rhythm, drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, Azymuth’s veteran bassist Alex Malheiros makes an occasional solo sortie. This...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022
20 Years
‘As you know, we play music of various countries and peoples,’ says vocalist Mitia Khramtsov in Russian on the live...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Las Últimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra
There’s a moment on this album, during the song ‘Cantores que Reflexionan’ (Singers Who Reflect), where the listener is held...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2025
Metromonk
The Austrian-born percussionist and composer Manu Delago has become the foremost proponent of the instrument known as the hang, having...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Through the Wild
For their second album, this Americana-leaning group have stepped unabashedly into festival-friendly folk-pop-rock, complete with bold, dramatic choruses and songs...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
500 Years of Night
Hailing from the Chiapas region of Mexico but based in Toronto, Canada, Quique Escamilla might represent a modern version of...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: March/2015
Skuggsjá
Fans of Einar Selvik’s project Wardruna will welcome this opportunity to get their hands on Skuggsjá, an album originally released...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2022
The Wind
German Jazz vocalist and composer Simin Tander explores a plethora of folkloric traditions – in particular those of Spain, Italy,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2025
A Loaf of Wax (Live from MOTH Club)
‘Willie’s Lady’ tells the story of a new wife who has more than the usual difficulties with her mother-in-law, who...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2026
